NewPrincipal Design System Engineer
Apply on 3Shape3Shape is hiring a Principal Design System Engineer to shape and drive the continued evolution of Lighthouse Design System across web, mobile, and on‑premises software. You will be the first dedicated Design System engineer, overall responsible for defining the technical direction and development of Lighthouse, combining technical leadership, hands‑on engineering, and cross‑functional collaboration to build a scalable foundation that enables product teams to deliver consistent, accessible, and high‑quality experiences.
✦ AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Champion continuous improvement in how the Lighthouse Design System is developed, driven and implemented, ensuring high ambition yet pragmatic outcomes.
- Enable product teams to adopt, contribute to, and get value from the Lighthouse Design System (create followership).
- Raise the engineering bar across front-end teams by establishing scalable engineering standards, patterns, and quality practices across web, mobile, and on‑premise solutions.
- Own and mature the internal component library, balancing scalability, usability, performance, and maintainability.
- Partner with Product Portfolio Strategy and the Design System UX Lead to ensure technical robustness, business impact and end‑user value.
- Mentor and coach engineers who contribute to the Lighthouse Design System and remain hands‑on during key technical initiatives.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years software engineering experience, with significant experience in design system management and front‑end development and having held a similar principal or staff‑level engineering role.
- Proven ability to influence technical adoption and direction for Design System adoption in an organization with many technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Strong experience with Angular / TypeScript and modern front‑end engineering.
- Experience working with multiple architectural design patterns across multiple tech‑stacks is considered a plus.
- Strong experience building and maintaining component libraries, design systems, or platform‑like products serving multiple teams, including establishing approaches for ownership boundaries, versioning, and backwards compatibility.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a strong engineering culture.
- Experience working closely with designers and product managers and navigating technical trade‑offs across multiple stakeholders.
- Experience applying AI‑assisted development tools and workflows to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and developer experience while maintaining strong technical standards and human oversight.
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